On top of these strategic moves, PokerStars has recently partnered with Spain’s Gran Madrid Casino. The union will see PokerStars take charge of the casino’s poker room and lend their brand name to the establishment. PokerStars currently enjoys a 70% share of the online poker market in Spain, which means the move will likely be a popular one with many local and national players.

Work on revamping the poker room is expected to start immediately, with the doors being reopened for a host of PokerStars tournaments in the New Year.

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Tuesday is the deadline for all working Americans to have submitted their income tax returns to the federal government and Juicy Stakes and Intertops Poker are set to mark this annual occasion by holding a special freeroll competition featuring a $1,000 top prize.

“We run a lot of higher stakes tournaments for our more hard-core players,” said Intertops’ poker manager. “But since our network is generally pretty soft, we created this series to give less competitive players a shot at winning.”